Marathon part of Bass Pro's Outdoor Fitness Festival

1:58 AM,
Nov. 5, 2012

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Written by

Michael Gulledge
MGULLEDGE@NEWS-LEADER.COM

It was hard to miss two bright pink hats with "Run like a girl" written on them going through the streets of Springfield on Sunday.

Those hats, and their owners, were originally scheduled to be in the New York City Marathon this weekend - until Hurricane Sandy's wrath changed those plans.

Kristen Gerlach and Jill Marble learned in February that they had been selected to run the New York City Marathon. They said they expected the marathon to be canceled after Hurricane Sandy but still traveled to New York City and even picked up their registration packet for the Sunday race because the race wasn't ...